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Table 1 Suicide risk, Demographics, employment, and household features

From: Risk of suicide in households threatened with eviction: the role of banks and social support

 

Men

83 (40.5%)

Women

122 (59.9%)

Total

Suicide Risk (levels)a

 No risk

42 (52.5%)

62 (53.9%)

104 (53.3%)

 Low risk

10 (12.5%)

13 (11.3%)

23 (11.8%)

 Moderate risk

17 (21.3%)

16 (13.9%)

33 (16.9%)

 High risk

11 (13.8%)

24 (10.9%)

35 (17.9%)

 Total

80 (100%)

115 (100%)

195 (100%)

Age

 25 to 35 years

29 (34.9%)

29 (23.8%)

58 (28.3%)

 36 to 50 years

36 (43.4%)

68 (55.7%)

104 (50.7%)

 51 to 74 years

18 (21.7%)

25 (20.5%)

43 (21.0%)

 Total

83 (100%)

122 (100%)

205 (100%)

Civil status

 Married

43 (54.4%)

59 (49.2%)

102 (51.3%)

 Unmarried

25 (31.6%)

27 (22.5%)

52 (26.1%)

 Separated/Divorced

11 (13.9%)

28 (23.3%)

39 (19.6%)

 Widowed

0 (0%)

6 (5%)

6 (3.0%)

 Total

79 (100%)

120 (100%)

199 (100%)

Education level

 Primary

42 (50.6%)

61 (50.8%)

103 (50.7%)

 Secondary

37 (44.6%)

42 (35%)

79 (38.9%)

 University

4 (4.8%)

17 (14.2%)

21 (10.3%)

 Total

83 (100%)

120 (100%)

203 (100%)

Employment

 Self-employed

3 (3.7%)

4 (3.5%)

7 (3.6%)

 Permanent contract

4 (4.9%)

13 (11.4%)

17 (8.7%)

 Precarious employment b

6 (7.4%)

21 (18.4%)

27 (13.8%)

 Unemployed

61 (75.3%)

62 (54.4%)

123 (63.1%)

 Retired/invalidity pension

6 (7.4%)

58 (2.6%)

64 (32.8%)

 Homemaker

1 (1.2%)

11 (9.6%)

12 (6.2%)

 Total

81 (100%)

114 (100%)

195 (100%)

Occupational social classc

 I

6 (7.5%)

5 (4.5%)

11 (5.8%)

 II

33 (41.3%)

28 (25.2%)

61 (31.9%)

 III

25 (31.3%)

36 (32.4%)

61 (31.9%)

 IV

16 (20%)

42 (37.8%)

58 (30.4%)

 Total

80 (100%)

111 (100%)

191 (100%)

Provider

 Yes

47 (57%)

59 (50%)

106 (52.7%)

 No

36 (43%)

59 (50%)

95 (47.3%)

 Total

83 (100%)

118 (100%)

201 (100%)

Household size

  < 2 members

23 (28%)

33 (27.3%)

56 (27.6%)

 3 to 5 members

57 (69.5%)

80 (66.1%)

137 (67.5%)

  > 5 members

2 (2.4%)

8 (6.6%)

10 (4.9%)

 Total

82 (100%)

121 (100%)

203 (100%)

Current monthly income (euros)

  < 500

48 (45.8%)

51 (42.5%)

99 (48.8%)

 501–1000

28 (33.7%)

49 (40.8%)

77 (37.9%)

  > 1000

17 (20.5%)

20 (16.7%)

37 (18.2%)

 Total

83 (100%)

120 (100%)

203 (100%)

Perceived financial strain (monthly)

 Hard

79 (97.5%)

110 (98.2%)

189 (97.9%)

 Easy

2 (2.5%)

2 (1.8%)

4 (2.1%)

 Total

81 (100%%)

112 (100%%)

193 (100%)

Children in the house

 Yes

45 (59.2%)

71 (65.1%)

116 (62.7%)

 No

31 (40.8%)

38 (34.9%)

69 (37.3%)

 Total

76 (100%)

109 (100%)

185 (100%)

Disabled members in the house

 Yes

12 (15%)

25 (21.2%)

37 (18.7%)

 No

68 (85%)

93 (78.8%)

161 (81.3%)

 Total

80 (100%)

118 (100%)

198 (100%)

  1. aMINI International Psychiatric Interview [47]
  2. bPrecarious employment: temporary, insecure and flexible employment
  3. c Domingo-Salvany et al., 2013 [48]